Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/06/james-dean-dead-for-65-years.html
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on the face of it, it seems ridiculous. but when you really think about it, it’s also ridiculous.
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I’d find this trend disturbing.
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If they’re trying to prove that whatever movie-star magic the human Dean had can’t yet be reproduced digitally, they’ll likely succeed.
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I can see the SAG getting pissy about this one. The Hollywood equivalent of replacing a customer service person with an automated answering system.
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They searched high and low for the perfect actor and decided on basically a non-existent person. Ok then…
Sounds like PR bullshit to drum up interest for a movie that likely wouldn’t do well without the gimmick. I’m pretty sure they can find a capable actor for the part.
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Can’t they just digitally de-age his corpse?
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Current picture of James Dean
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65 years is long enough the smell won’t be an issue, but I don’t know how they’ll keep him from falling apart during action scenes.
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Rebel without a pulse?
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Well there’s your problem: you should have been searching for actors. Who are alive. There are plenty.
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We do not intend to let his fans down.
Um, OK…
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Hmmm - but it’s not a zombie movie. Is it?
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This only works if they’re portraying his corpse as it would have looked then.
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If they aren’t moving his skeleton like a string puppet then it doesn’t count.
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I won’t be happy 'til they bring back Barney.
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